What kind of bug is this?

[jonjonsanfru]

Best picture that my coolpix could get... i don't know how to use the macro shot function apparently.

Noticed it in the backyard here in Grenoble, France. The tail glows consistently green, like an LED... why we noticed it. Its about half an inch long, no wings, hard plate like segments on its back.

I tried a lazy google search, but i don't know the right terminology and "glow in the dark insect" gets SO much junk in reply... phosphorescent didn't help much either... any bug nerds know this one? only glowing bugs i've encountered beforehand were fireflies in Texas.

 

[Ryan]

You caught a firefly - congrats.

 

[aplefka]

Yeah, looks like a firefly... wish they had them out here in the west.

 

[KoolDrew]

I used to catch those things all the time when I was younger.

 

[Schadenfroh]

looks really cool on the ole windshield when you hit a swarm of them at 70MPH

 

[LordMorpheus]

I was driving on a B-highway last night.

There were so many fireflies out that looking into a dark feild or forest, it would just sparkle. It was truly amazing, I love this little bugs.


Also, because there were so many (is it mating season?) I kept running into them and they'd leave a little glowing green spot on my windsheild that would glow for a coupla minutes. kinda cool, kinda sad. Oh well, it was just really cool to see.

oh yeah. OP said it was glowing consistantly, fireflies flash on and off.

 

[mi xiao]

an enzyme reaction which releases ATP->AMP in their stomachs make them glow. cool. i miss living in the country. stupid dumb city life.

 

[jonjonsanfru]

So a firefly doesn't nessecarily have to "fly"? this guy has no wings, and the fireflies i remember had a yellowish glow. i was trying to take multiple angles, but the camera just wouldn't focus right... but he's a walker with a plated like back.

 

[KoolDrew]

It's a mutated firefly

 

[larry89]

Let it bite you and become firefly man

 

[car3]

yea, pretty sure that is not a firefly

 

[BurnItDwn]

It's a new species. You get to name it!

 

[eigen]

Its poisonous for sure.

 

[MrDudeMan]

Originally posted by: car3
yea, pretty sure that is not a firefly

yeah i agree. you tards saying its a regular firefly have a brain deficit. if it is some other type of firefly, then ok, but it certainly is not the one most people are accustomed to.

 

[ZOXXO]

Glowworm

 

[PHiuR]

can we name it atotsect.

 

[KoolDrew]

Originally posted by: PHiuR
can we name it atotsect.

:thumbsup:

 

[Twista]

It has no wings... therefore its not a firefly

 

[markgm]

Originally posted by: Twista
It has no wings... therefore its not a firefly

Therefore it's a fire.

 

[alien42]

looks exactly like a firefly pupae.

 

[MobiusPizza]

It's some unknown bug which swallowed a firefly lol
dunno

This one looks more like a firefly:
http://www.visuallee.com/weblog/images/firefly.jpg

 

[userman]

Gazooks

just think in 200000000000 years it will look like this!

 

[MobiusPizza]

Originally posted by: userman
Gazooks

just think in 200000000000 years it will look like this!

lol I goggled and found someting like that as well lol

 

[mobobuff]

LOL! That's not a firefly you silly tards.

It's a glow worm.

 

[Wallydraigle]

Of course it's a firefly. All beetles are wingless before they pupate, fireflies are no exception. There are almost 150 species of fireflies in the world. This one is probably a young Luciola mingrelica.